Category Archives: Worldwide

LEBANON, 6 October 2020 – Analysis from the Multi-Sector Needs Assessment shows that food remains the second-top priority needs alongside cash and shelter repairs. The Beirut Port explosions that occurred last August have caused the death of at least 180 people. Meanwhile, 6,500 injured and left the country with further pressure on the deteriorating economic [...]

EAST AFRICA, 2 October 2020 – Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia see a sharp increase in positive cases and death due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Nearly 40,000 people have been infected while the death toll has reached over 700 in Kenya. Almost 74,584 positive cases and 1,191 deaths were reported in Ethiopia as of 29 September. [...]

SUDAN, 1 October 2020 – Catastrophic floods following heavy downpours since mid-July have driven up the number of casualties to over 120, critically affected more than 830,000 people, and resulted in widespread damage. The heavy downpours have affected 18 states including Eastern, Northern, and Western Sudan, causing River Nile to overflow which triggering floods and landslides. [...]

MALI, 25 September 2020 – A total of 5,662 people have been forced to flee their homes due to an attack done by Barkhane in Benzena, Malaki, Talawat, in the community of Inadiafatane, Ghourma Rharous at the end of the last August. Meanwhile, an attack in Tinbamagueye, Issetane, and Azalamzalem happened in September. Conflicts that […]

GREECE, 24 September 2020 – The Disaster Risk Management Department deployed a staff member to Lesvos to conduct a needs assessment following the fire that occurred in the Moria camp. According to The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 9,100 people have been transferred to the new Kara Tepe site after about 13,000 people lost their […]

Jordan, 11th September 2020 – A huge explosion has occurred in a military warehouse in Zarqa, Jordan caused by an electrical short circuit followed by a fire. The location places several Jordanian military bases and depots which is located 35 kilometers from the capital Amman. No casualties and injuries were reported because the depot was […]